I call the light and high aspects of my being spirit and the dark and heavy aspects soul.
Spirit is a land of high white peaks and glittering jewel-like lakes and flowers. Life is sparse and sounds travel great distances.
There is soul music, soul food, and soul love...
A sense of contentment is a key factor for attaining happiness.
Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.
Sometimes, whether a desire is excessive or negative depends on the circumstances or society in which you live in.
The source of peace is within us; so also the source of war. And the real enemy is within us, and not outside. The source of war is not the existence of nuclear weapons or other arms. It is the minds of human beings who decide to push the button and to use those arms out of hatred, anger or greed.
We have global communication and yet confrontation is more common than dialogue.
Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.
In the modern world, the interests of a particular community can no longer be considered to lie within the confines of its own boundaries.
By being inattentive to the needs of others, inevitably we end up harming them.
There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience and recent scientific findings.
Where there is a mind, there are feelings such as pain, pleasure, and joy. No sentient being wants pain: all wants happiness instead.
I hold the view that death is rather like changing one’s clothes when they are torn and old. It is not an end in itself. Yet death is unpredictable-you do not know when and howT it will take place.
When seen from outer space, our beautiful blue planet has no national boundaries.
Our love could change the orbit of the earth. So, if a meteor ever comes hurtling towards earth with the guarantee of destruction, top scientists may call on us to, well, you know, do it like crazy for the sake of humankind.
By far the single greatest danger facing humankind – in fact, all living beings on our planet – is the threat of nuclear destruction.
When, from the depths of your heart, you spontaneously wish all beings to find true, lasting happiness, this is great love.
You can develop the right attitude toward others if you have kindness, love and respect for them, and a clear realization of the oneness of all human beings.
If you lose your temper, your sound sleep will go, and you will have to use a tranquilizer or sleeping pills? Then gradually, more white hair, wrinkles.